Remote DevOps Engineer

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Wellington, England, United Kingdom Code First Girls Full-time

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This is a free training course followed by the potential for a role with one of our clients.

Title: DevOps Engineer

Job location: Remote, UK (1 day per fortnight in London or Manchester)

Description:

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WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

1.5+ years of experience in a technology-focused role using Python
Able to pass a technical assessment in Python, Java or Javascript
Commitment to complete a 16-week, part-time course to develop your mid-level skills

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Build & Streamline CI/CD Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain robust GitOps pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Helm, and ArgoCD to automate software delivery.
Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and optimise infrastructure using Terraform and related automation tools across hybrid cloud environments.
Modernise & Migrate Workloads: Support the containerisation and migration of legacy batch components into modern Kubernetes and OpenShift environments.
Enhance Platform Reliability & Security: Ensure continuous delivery ecosystems align with AWS best practices for scalability, security, and high availability.
Collaborate Across Engineering Teams: Partner with application and infrastructure teams to streamline version control, manage artifact registries, and eliminate deployment friction.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

Hands-on CI/CD & GitOps Expertise: Practical experience with automated delivery pipelines and modern GitOps tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, Helm, ArgoCD, Flux, Jenkins, or Terraform).
Containerisation & Orchestration Skills: Strong working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes ecosystems (Red Hat OpenShift experience is a major bonus).
Automated Scripting & Problem-Solving: Ability to automate repetitive tasks and optimise workflows using languages such as Bash, Python, or Go.
Hybrid & Cloud Platform Knowledge: Hands-on exposure to public, private, or hybrid cloud environments (such as AWS, IBM Cloud, GCP, or Azure).
Collaborative DevOps Mindset: Proven ability to work constructively at the intersection of development and operations in a team-focused environment.

SKILLS YOU'LL DEVELOP

T-Shaped Skill Set: become the go-to person for your technical specialism in addition to building on your collaborative skills to understand and empathise with other tech roles and stakeholders
Technical Leadership: you'll develop your technical professional skills across mentoring, teamwork, stakeholder communication, and technical decision-making to put you on the pathway to senior individual contributor or technical management roles.
Agility & Automation: taking part in modern software development process, you'll further develop your Agile, DevOps and automation skills, deploying to the cloud.
Innovation & Inclusive products: by building products with DE&I at the core, you will further harness additional techniques in the software development process to foster the development of inclusive products.

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